419 scam: "Sir. George Culmer" <investconsult1@clarofree.com> INVESTMENT PROPOSAL!!!

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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "because it still remains the fastest medium of communication" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "million united states dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- ",000,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "with absolute secrecy" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
- "i feel quite safe dealing with you in this important business" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "dormant account" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
This email message is a next of kin scam.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- georgeculmer2013@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Sir. George Culmer" <investconsult1@clarofree.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: georgeculmer2013@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 10 May 2014 06:54:32 -0500
Subject: INVESTMENT PROPOSAL!!!

Dear Friend,

I am sorry for this interruption. I have no other way to reach you than
these ways if the contents here under are contrary to your moral ethics.
Please accept my apology, but please treat with absolute secrecy and
personal. With due regards, my name is Mr. George Culmer,a banker by
profession in united kingdom and currently holding the post of Director
Auditing and Accounting unit of my bank. I feel quite safe dealing with
you in this important business. Though this medium (Internet) has been
greatly abused, I choose to reach you through it because it still
remains the fastest medium of communication. There is a draft account
opened in my bank in 1998 by a long-time client of our bank,a national
of your country.He was A CEO/a textile company owner, business man,a
miner at Kruger mining company here in Cambodia, he was also a geologist
and a mining consultant to several other mining conglomerates operating
in Cambodia, china, Taiwan, Japan, Indonesia, Pakistan, Vietnam all in
Asia.

Before he passed away on the November 16th 2004 by car accident with his
wife and two children along Cambodia Vietnam road, leaving nobody as the
representative of his account after his death. The amount in this
account is currently Twenty Five Million United States Dollars
(Us$25,000,000). Firstly we will transfer the Us$15,000,000 Dollars into
your country account, and also we will commence the second transfer of
Us$10,000,000 Dollars. I want to present you as the representative I
will use my position and influence in our bank to make sure they release
this money to you for us to share. The need to move out this money arose
when the Prime Minister said that some of the money held in dormant
accounts would be used to fund youth and community projects.

For your easy confirm Please View the website
below.http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/4017381.stm

If you are interested and prepared to work with me according to these
dictates, please reply to this mail immediately so that we can discuss,
make assessments and after your basic understanding of the whole
business, commence the process by which we will actualize the project.
You can as well enclose your direct telephone numbers for discussion of
this offer in further details. Let me have your Full Name, Confidential
Telephone, Fax and Mobile Numbers and also your Contact Address in
response to this proposal if you are interested and also for secure and
easy communication between us. Send your reply through my private
:(georgeculmer2013@gmail.com).The modalities of sharing is 50/50
percent. All I require from you is your trust and honest cooperation to
enable us see this transaction through

Yours sincerely,

Mr. George Culmer

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